Oxoid Limited has expanded its range of products for the growth and identification of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) with the addition of a new Chromogenic Medium for screening

Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) researchers have identified a process that could lead to development of repair mechanisms for people suffering from dementia and acquired brain injury. Th

GenoMed announced that its approach to avian influenza was confirmed last week by a Hong Kong research group who found that the avian influenza virus induces a cytokine storm in human lung cells

Emerging infectious diseases pose a global threat to human and animal health, and the problem is likely to worsen, warns an expert in this week's British Medical Journal (BMJ). The recent

The screwless dental implant system that connects implant and suprastructure with a novel clipping mechanism has been recognized with a major award: Its designer - Prof. Dr. Manfred Peters, head o

An article by Robert Belshe, MD, of Saint Louis University School of Medicine in this week's New England Journal of Medicine reviews recent spectacular achievements of contemporary molecular biol

There is good evidence to show that stress can increase a person's heart rate, lower the immune system's ability to fight colds and increase certain inflammatory markers but can stress also raise

A statistically significant increase in the incidence of malignant tumors, lymphomas and leukemias in rats exposed to varying doses of aspartame appears to link the artificial sweetener to a high

The number of NHS patients benefiting from a life-changing pancreas transplant in a year has hit treble figures for the first time. The 100th patient to receive a donated pancreas underwe

A new study by researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center and colleagues shows that a drug originally used to treat breast cancer may help combat the severe weight loss that can

According to a study supported by the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), over-the-counter and prescription painkillers are often used inappropriately and there is an alarming number o

By coating the surfaces of tiny carbon nanotubes with monoclonal antibodies, biochemists and engineers at Jefferson Medical College and the University of Delaware have teamed up to detect cancer c

Chinese authoritites say they will vaccinate about 14 billion poultry, a massive undertaking. The government of China will pay for all the costs. China has seen several outbreaks of bird flu (le

Details of the revised and updated ABPI Code of Practice that governs the UK-based pharmaceutical industry's relations with healthcare professionals and other stakeholders were published today. Th

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The Senate on Friday passed a bill (S 1418) that would promote the use of health care information technology to hel

Scientists from Imperial College London have successfully converted human embryonic stem cells into cartilage cells, offering encouragement that replacement cartilage could one day be grown for tr

In guinea pig experiments, Johns Hopkins scientists fused common connective tissue cells taken from lungs with heart muscle cells to create a safe and effective biological pacemaker whose cells ca

The role of Cbln1 offers a new vision for how the adult brain retains its correct circuitry and how lack of such proteins might contribute to nervous system diseases. The ability of the b

Using positron emission tomography (PET) imaging, researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center were able to observe - in real time - how the immune system initially recognizes cancer and mobilizes

Two new drugs, when combined, killed up to 75 percent of breast cancer tumor cells in mice and suppressed the regrowth of tumors, according to researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University M

How parents treat their adolescent children, including the way they discipline them, as well as the kind of life events and social interactions teenagers experience, can affect an adolescent's ris

Results of the largest intervention study to assess the risk of cardiovascular disease events in people with type 2 diabetes show that heart attacks and coronary interventions (such as bypass sur

Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and older in the U.S civilian noninstitutionalized population spent a total of $43.8 billion on the top five outpatient prescription drug classes when ranked by total

Mr James Johnson, Chairman of the British Medical Association, has called for an urgent meeting with Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of State for Health, to discuss the government's proposals to extend

The doughnut hole in the new Medicare prescription drug benefit -- a gap in coverage when drug costs for a year reach $2,250 to $5,100 -- will cause beneficiaries with high drug costs [to] have

The Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report features recent developments related to medical malpractice in four states. Summaries appear below.Iowa: A committee of

At the Institut Curie, two CNRS teams have just reported crucial information on the orientation of cells as they divide. The cell division axis determines not only the position of the daughter cel

Nobel Prize winner Professor Peter Doherty today presented Hedley Thomas of the Courier Mail with the prize of the National Press Club and Medicines Australia's 2005 Health Journalist of the Year.

The public has made significantly more enquiries to a national Quitline for smokers, and demand for nicotine replacement treatment vouchers has increased, following a total ban on smoking in indoo